If The Crown Fits(Book 2)

A dark brooding figure sat at the chair of the throne room. He was a massive and bulky man with a long black beard and shaggy hair. His face covered in scar and a stitch running from his left ear to his neck. His eyes blazed with pure hatred from the world. His black fur coat is so long that it looked like a black pool of blood.

The door to the throne room suddenly opened and in came a couple of beaten-up rogues. "Your majesty!"

Upon seeing his men beaten up he raised a questioning eyebrow at them. "Care to explain?"

Hearing the king's voice they suddenly hesitated to answer, but knowing his majesty a lack of answer meant sudden doom. "W-We were under attack.....by the candidate princes from Thalia, your majesty."

The king slowly drummed his fingers on his armrest. "How many?"

The rogues looked at each other as if hesitating. Finally one of them had the courage to answer. "Five your majesty. Six if you count the princess."

"And how many were you? Eleven? Fifteen?"

The rogues didn't answer at first as if ashamed of themselves for losing when they clearly have the advantage in numbers. However, one of them nodded, found the courage, and managed a nod.

The king, enraged by what he heard, slammed his fist on his armrest. "You fools! You have made a mockery of us! Now those good doers will celebrate and boast of their victory. What would that make us?! They'll think that Tereau is weaker than they expect!"

"But, sire." Said one of the rogues. "We had them. We could have finished them off if it wasn't for the Tamer."

At this, the king was shocked, horrified, and interested. He looked at his left hand filled with dark intricate runes sealing his full power. He clenches his fist before looking back at the rogues. "Tamer you say?" He suddenly let out a laugh. "There are no Tamers here anymore. I already wiped them all out years ago."

"The girl, your majesty. She's a Tamer."

"Her familiar is a big white wolf."

"A big white wolf...Nagga." The king whispered.

"No your majesty. I don't think it's Naga because it's too small compared to her."

"IF THIS IS A JOKE OR A LIE TO HIDE YOUR INCOMPETENCE THEN TRUST ME WHEN I SAY THAT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT IN THE FiRST PLACE." The king rose from his throne in anger. "Tamers are long gone and dead! The king and Naga died as well. Unless......" A thought suddenly occurred to him. Well more like a memory of two figures running East on horses. He saw them running from the castle of Gija, but thinking that they were mere fae servants he didn't bother to go after them. Though he did send a few men to dispose of those two.

None of his men that he sent after them came back.

"Unless what your majesty?"

"Queen Diera." The king said through gritted teeth. "So it was her. I should have known when I couldn't find her in the palace. Her pesky sister must have led her through the portal to the human world. That human princess must be her descendant. Fate be screwing with me."

"King Ferius, if she is indeed queen Diera's descendant then we'll take care of her. Just give us an order."

"No!" The king bellowed. "No one is to harm her but me. Bring her to me alive." He said and looked at his rune-filled hand once more. His hand was cursed by Naga and the King to seal his power. Looking at it now he could just picture the late king's devilish smirked as he cursed him.

This way you can never use your powers to destroy families again. Make this a reminder: The end of Gija is also the end of your evil reign.

He never understood what the late king of Gija said back then. But after a few years of research, he found out that a Tamer's curse can only be lifted by a Tamer's blood.

"If she is the descendant from the previous king and queen from Gija then her blood might be useful to me in breaking this curse." A temporary smile lingered on King Ferius's lips before it was gone. "Find this girl. Bring her to me alive and kill everyone that gets in your way. I must have the blood of the last Tamer."

I laid down on my bed and stared at the ceiling. I have just woken up and badly wanted to go back to sleep again, but couldn't. Somehow I don't even know how to go back when I think about the reality that was brought to me the other day. I guess I finally got some powers but at the cost of being a princess.

A real princess with actual royal blood.

Suddenly my stomach growled.

I'm hungry. Now that is definitely a good wake-up call.

I hurried up and changed. As I did I stepped on something and heard a slight yelp. It was Custard and I accidentally stepped on his tail. Custard is a little brown baby wolf. He looks as harmless as a puppy in this form, but when he is in his beast mode he becomes this big bad white demon wolf(as the twins like to call him). Also, he is my familiar that I had apparently bonded with.

In other words, if he dies I die. Romeo and Juliet! How romantic.

"Sorry, Custard. Didn't see you there." I said. "What do you say we go down and get something to eat? Though I don't know what you eat. Can I get you some milk?"

Custard's only response was a tilt of his head.

"I take that as a yes. Come on boy." I said and Custard followed me out of my room as we headed for the kitchen.

Once we were there I asked the lady if she could make me some eggs while I went to the storage room to get some milk. After that, I search for a bowl that Custard can use. I poured milk into the bowl and set it on the ground. Custard sniffed it for a bit before licking it clean.

"Wow, you sure love milk."

"Well look, brother. It's the princess." Dan yelled behind me.

"Shh, brother. Rose doesn't like being called a princess. You might bring out one of her moods."

"You mean her beast mood?" Dan said and they both started laughing.

A felt my vein pulsing in annoyance at their joke. "Say guys. Would you like some milk too?" I asked nicely.

"Of course!" Yelled Dan.

"Wow. Who are you and what did you do with the real Rose?" Ren said.

"Brother brother brother. Rose is now a changed woman. She's a real princess now so it is only natural that she would become kind and gentle like a real princess."

"You are absolutely right brother. Change is good." Ren agreed.

It took all of my willpower not to pour the milk over their heads as I grabbed two extra bowls, poured milk in them, and dropped them on the floor in front of the twins while I put on a self-satisfied smile. "Dig in," I said sweetly.

The twins looked at the bowls at their feet before looking back at me.

"She's mad," Dan whispered to his brother.

"I can see that!" Ren whispered back.

"Princess, your breakfast is ready." One of the maids said.

"Coming. Let's go, Custard." I said and shoved the pitcher of milk in Ren's hands before walking past them. "Excuse me."

The maids placed my food on the table and Custard accompanied me by sitting beside my chair as I ate.

"That looks good." Someone said behind me. It was Nate.

"Hey." I said.

"Hey back. How are you?"

"Doing good. I gave the twins milk in a bowl earlier."

Nate laughed. "Let me guess? They pissed you off?"

"Kind of."

Nate looked at the way I used my utensils and frowned. "Elbows down when you cut, Rose. You are a princess now. Better practice it properly."

Ugh! Princess crap again.

I didn't even bother to finish cutting my egg. Instead, I placed both utensils on the table as I got up.

"Hey, where are you going? You are not finished."

"Lost my appetite. Come on Custard." I said grumpily and headed out of the kitchen. Seriously, they really need to stop reminding me that I am a real princess. Can they give me a break of something? Or talk about other things besides me being a princess?! This day just keeps getting worse.

I realized that I was about to head for the door when it suddenly opened and in came a man in fine clothing carrying a case of some sort. When I looked up to him I could help but catch my breath.

"Hey, Rose how are you? I heard the news and came here as fast as I-"

"FREEDDD!!!" I screamed and couldn't help but give him a hug.

He was caught off guard that we nearly fell. Luckily he was able to balance us. Fred laughed and stroked my hair. "Miss you too, Rose."

I laughed and moved back a bit. Still grinning in delight to see such a wonderful Angel - I mean - prince in front of me. "What are you doing here?"

Fred was just about to answer when someone else spoke for him. "He's here because the queen called him. We need Prince Fred's help to know more about Tamer magic in order to help you." Said PRINCE Ace, who had mysteriously sneaked behind us. His full name is PRINCE Ace Feradin. The most ungrateful, snob, rude, and spoiled bastard among the princes. He is an elf that has this weird mumbo jumbo magic that controls....errr more like plants and can see and talk to animals. Kind of like Snow White. Black hair and midnight blue eyes. Good looking but I still prefer Fred.

"PRINCE Ace, nice to see you again," Fred said in greeting.

"You too, Prince Fred." Said Ace. A servant suddenly came into view and Ace gestured for her. "Please follow me while he takes your luggage to your previous room."

"Hey, we haven't talked yet. Come on! I haven't even introduced him to Custard." Beside me Custard bark when his name was called.

"And now you have and there will be more talking later once we are finished." Said Ace

"Custard bite," I said and Custard looked at Ace. He returned it with a glare of his own.

"Try it you little devil and you will really become a literal spirit when I am done with you."

"But that would kill me too."

"A double kill. Perfect."

"Freadiekins!!!" Just then the twins came into view along with Nate. "Fred, what are you doing here? I mean it's great that you are here. I just want to know why." Dan said as he crossed his arms over his chest while giving Fred a weird look.

Fred only laughed. "I'm here because the queen asked if she could have my assistance doing a little research about Rose's records. Nothing more."

"Good. That is very good, Prince Fred. Thank you." Dan grinned.

At this Ren looked between Fred and Dan. "Am I missing something here?"

"Fred, why don't you go up first and rest. When you are ready just look for the queen in the l-library." Ace said stuttering a bit at the library part. It seems that Ace is still bothered about being banned in the library for a week just like the twins are required to practice sword fighting and Nate being banned from talking to me - yet he still talks to me when no one is around.

"Oh by the way, Prince Nate. The queen says that she will give you one last warning for talking to girls. Especially Rose."

"How did-"

"Never underestimate the queen." Ace cut him off as he looked at Fred and gave him a curt nod before leaving.

"Well then." Fred said. "I guess I should go rest. Rose, we'll talk more later after I get some rest and see the queen." He said and gave me that warm smile of his.

I couldn't help but smile. "Alright. Get some rest."

Fred then turned back and headed upstairs to his room leaving me, Custard, Ren, Dan, and Nate.

"Well, that was nice. Hey, brother what do you say we go out and practice - ugh - our sword fighting?" Ren said to Dan.

"Do we have to?" Dan whined.

"Yeah, you do. Never underestimate the queen." I said imitating Ace when he said it.

Ren laughed. "Yeah, yet you are not wearing the required heels for you." At that I immediately stiffened.

"W-Well I was hungry and I....forgot. Plus I let Custard chew on a few of them last night." I mumbled the last part.

Dan then glided to my side and placed his arm on my shoulder. "Alright. We'll pretend we didn't hear that last part, of course, it is just pretend since we have werewolf hearing and all, on one condition."

"What?" I asked as I slapped his arm away.

"You need to watch us practice our sword fight. Wouldn't you want that, brother?"

Ren looked at Dan before looking at me. "Sure."

"That settles it then. Let's go!" Before I could react Dan was already pulling me to a vacant lawn at the back of the castle.

And so the whole morning went by with me watching the twins do their sword fight and Nate sitting a few spaces from me in order to avoid a conversation.

As I watched the twins practicing their fighting skills I couldn't help but notice that Dan was purposely making himself lose to Ren, which Ren didn't appreciate with the look of annoyance on his face.

"Don't you think Dan is taking this too much?" Nate said to Custard, which is his way of talking to me without exactly speaking with me. "Don't, you think so Custard?" Nate cooed and petted Custard, who was lying on Nate's lap as he tickled his belly. Honestly, those two have become best of friends in this short time.

"Uh-huh." I agreed.

"Okay, Dan. That is it!" I jumped a bit when Ren threw his sword on the ground in anger. "I don't know what your problem is brother, but this has to stop now."

"What did you say, brother? I can't hear you with all the bruises you gave me. Ow!" Dan acted up again and fell to the ground as if in pain.

"Stop it, Dan!"

"Stop what?" Dan blinked innocently at Ren, which only fueled his anger.

"If you won't fight seriously, then don't blame me if you lose an arm or two." Ren picked up his sword and brought it down to Dan, which Dan quickly parried.

"Hey hey hey. Watch my injuries. They are tender."

"If you have injuries then you wouldn't be able to raise your sword."

"Hmmm....you have a point there - Woah! And a rather sharp one." Dan quickly jumped to his feet and jumped back to avoid Ren's attack.

Ren grinned. "You better run now, brother."

"Ooohhhh scary." Dan mocked and shook his bum at Ren. "If you can catch me. HAHA!" And with that Dan suddenly ran and jumped to the nearest window and into the castle.

"Dan, get back here!" Ren yelled and followed Dan.

"I think we should go after then, Custard. Don't you agree?" Nate said.

"No choice. Come on." I said and just as I got up from the bench Nate swooped me off of my feet and carried me and Custard as he jumped in the window.

"I was gonna use the door like a normal person, but yeah, this works too." I was a little surprised by what just happened.

"On guard!" Ren yelled as he charged at his brother. Dan didn't seem to falter as he made farting at Ren and bolted up the stairs.

Of course, Ren followed.

Nate and I looked at each other before we followed. Wherever they go they make quite a mess. Broken curtains, vases, and flower petals scattered on the floor.

"The queen isn't going to be happy about this," Nate muttered. I couldn't agree more.

The twins suddenly turned to a corner and got in a room where they continued to fight. Nate and I got in to see them jumping on a huge bed while slashing and stabbing each other.

"Stop running!" Ren growled.

"I'm not running. I am jumping!" Dan said with glee.

"Hey, aren't we.." Nate trailed off as he looked around the room.

I took a good look around us, or rather, the room that we went into. Polished white floor, red walls with intricate design, a huge bed at the far wall, and a piece of familiar luggage sitting beside the bed. I eyed the luggage intently and suddenly remembered where I saw it. It was the case Fred carried this morning. That could only mean...

"We are in Fred's room." I said all too dreamily that made Nate give me a look.

"Great. The Princess is in her dreamland which means you and I" he addresses himself and Custard. "need to drag those annoying brats out."

As soon as he said 'annoying brats' a vase came out of nowhere and hit his head while cradling Custard. It shatters and broken pieces rain down on his head. I gasped and looked at him worriedly expecting blood on his hair - seems kind of difficult since Nate's hair is already blood red.

"N-Nate?" To my relief, Nate seems unharmed as he gently places Custard back on the ground and dusts the broken shards from his hair. Either he was unharmed because of his vampire blood or because he's hard-headed.

I'm betting on both.

"Are you...." I trailed off when Nate looked directly at me and gave me a sweet smile.

"Excuse me for a moment." He says before vanishing from my sight. Nope, not vanishing, but ran towards the twins at an incredible speed. The twins saw him charging and jumped out of the bed as they fought Nate, who looked murderous as he hit them with a pillow.

I know this is the time for me to intervene with them causing a ruckus, but let's just say the picture of three handsome princes charging and ramming each other is such a sight to see. The sight alone makes me want to drag a chair and eat popcorn as I watch them tearing each other apart. Awe.

Yes I am fangirling and, yes, what they are doing sounds a bit harsh, but hey, they are supernatural princes. Which makes it all better!

I was suddenly broken from my trance when Ren, stupid Ren, opened Fred's bag and pulls out a bottle filled with blue liquid. "This looks nice."

That caught Nate's attention as he pushed Dan off of him to glare at Ren. "Rutledge, put that down!" Well, that is all he can say since he doesn't know which twin is which.

"Nope." Ren said and made a play as he tossed the bottle in the air and caught it. Nate grunts and charges Ren, but Ren has other ideas. "Brother, catch!" Ren tosses the bottle to Dan, who easily jumps up and catches it in mid-air.

"Fangster, you were after this?" Dan teasingly shakes the bottle at Nate, which only infuriates him.

"Hey, you two put it back now!" It was now my turn to intervene as I marched up to them.

"You heard her brother, put it back." Dan tosses the bottle to Ren.

"Me? You put it back." Ren tosses the bottle to Dan.

"Roses orders." Dan tosses it back to Ren.

"She asks you." Ren tosses.

"But she prefers you," said Dan.

"I DON'T CARE WHO PUTS IT BACK! JUST RETURN IT TO WHERE YOU GOT IT!" I yelled.

"What's going on here?" All of us suddenly tense up at the voice and our attention to the door. PRINCE Ace and Fred enter the room. Fred looked amused and Ace looked annoyed. They both strode towards us and all I could do at that time was smile and wave like the penguins. "Hi."

"Hey." At least Fred responded.

"Yo Fred!" Dan yelled and waved the bottle. Fred was about to wave back until he saw the bottle in Dan's hand. "Sorry for touching your stuff. Here, catch!" And just like that Dan tosses the bottle to Fred.

"Be careful with that!" Fred warns. Too late. Idiotic Dan tosses the bottle a bit to high that it hit the chandelier. The bottle broke and whatever liquid was in there rained down on us along with the shattered glasses.

"Take cover!" Fred yells as he draws me and Custard, who jumped at me when the bottle broke in and shielded us both from the liquid and the glass.

I heard the princes scream and Fred flinching with the liquid hits him. I screamed too because I was afraid of what that strange liquid would do to us.

Suddenly it was all over. At first, I felt Fred's weight on me, then suddenly all I was holding on was his coat.

Or more like....his clothes.

"Fred!?" I screamed when I saw his clothes on the floor. I looked all around the room to see that the others were gone too. Save for their clothing now on the floor. Well, I can't see Prince Ace's clothes, which I don't even know if it is a good thing or not.

In that moment all I could hear was the rapid racing of my heart and the panic in my voice as I desperately called for them. "Fred! Ren! Nate! Dan! Ace! Where are you!?" I got up and circled. My vision is getting filled with tears and desperation looking for them.

"Guys come out! This is not funny! Not funny at all!"

Still no answer.

I began to weep as I fell to the floor. Somehow that liquid from the bottle....erased them. Flesh and all and now they are gone.

"The queen." I suddenly thought. If anyone knows what happened to them and how to bring them back it is the queen.

Custard barked at me. Or rather, at the pile of clothes that the princes left. "Yes, Custard. I know they are gone. You don't have to remind me." I sniffed and felt pain in my chest just saying it. "B-But no worries, Custard. I'm sure the queens would know how to fix this. I hope." Custard just ignores me and continues to bark. Even stuffing his nose in Fred's clothes.

"Hey not fair, Custard. Show some respect. Even I-" Fred's clothes suddenly move. "Eep!" In a blink of an eye, I was already behind Custard. "W-WHAT THE-" Fingers emerged from Fred's clothes. Small fingers like the hands of a toddler. I watch carefully when the strange thing shakes off Fred's coat from its head. It was a.....baby?

Curiously I moved away from Custard to get a full view. Upon closer look I notice something. This kid has blond hair and eyes and a clue as to the sky. When it saw me it smiled and reached out for me in recognition. "Wr-Wrose."

"What?"I asked.

"Wrose!!" It says again. The baby says again.

"I am not your mother!" I said moving back a little.

"R-Rose!" I said again. To my surprise, I somehow understood him as I gazed into his eyes.

"Are you trying to say...Rose?"

"Y-Yes..." The kid smiled and when he did my heart skipped a beat. I know that smile anywhere.

"F-Fred?!"

"Y-Yes." The kid replied a bit shyly this time.

I gulped. I may be stupid but I am not that stupid to realize what I am about to face. "I-If you became a kid then that means...." I trailed off as my eyes wandered and stared at the pile of clothes that the princes left. "Oh boy." I sighed and as if on cue, the pile of clothes started to shift until heads popped out of their expensive coats. The first I noticed was Nate looking like he just woke up from a nap. Then came the twins as they faced each other in wonder. The last one was PRINCE Ace trying to fit himself in the coat but it seems that it was too big for him.

Beside me, Custard let out a small whimper.

"Yeah, you are absolutely right, Custard." I muttered. "This is bad. And I am not that good at babysitting either."

"Can you please bring me five pairs of trousers, t-shirts, and shoes fit for um.....say, 5-year-old kids?" I was in my room talking to a maid just outside my room. I left the door slightly open so I could talk to her without showcasing my room.

"Yes, princess..." The maid wore a strange look on her face at my request. In which I felt the urge to throw in some sort of excuse.

"I-It's my hobby! I....want to um.....dress my pillows and pretend that they are kids. You know. Practice for parenthood. Ahe he....." Now I want to slap myself and wish that I kept my mouth shut.

Fortunately, the maid didn't say anything more as she left to get me what I asked for. As soon as she was gone did I let out a sigh of relief and locked the door behind me.

After the princes became babies I immediately rushed them into my room wearing only their oversize T-shirts and polo shirts. Well of course Custard helped me since the twins seemed to find his tail fascinating and used it as bait for them to follow us. I figured that if anyone else would see the princes in this state it would cause a ruckus. If only I can get to the queen. Maybe she knows how to turn the princes back to normal. Of course, I cannot do that with them wearing.....well something inappropriate.

"Gimme! That is my pillow I found." I looked up to see baby Nate pulling on to one of my pillows that the twins sat on. His red hair is in a tangled mess as he fights with the twins.

"You left! You left! Therefore it is ours." Baby Dan said holding on to his big brother baby Ren.

"Don't be mean to my brother, vampire, or I will hit you." Baby Ren puffed out his chest trying to look menacing, but from my point of view, instead of a bear, he looks like a teddy bear.

Baby Fred is where I left him. Sitting on a chair while his eyes looked around in wonder. As for baby Ace, he kept on trying to open my balcony door by jumping up and down. Well, actually he already managed to open my window and is now about to jump-

"HOLY CRAP, ACE!!" I immediately scrambled to my feet and dashed for the balcony where baby Ace is about to jump. I grabbed a hold of him just before this little devil killed himself and carried him back to my room. I then locked the balcony door and placed a vacant chair in front of it to prevent Ace from doing any more suicide missions.

I looked down to see baby Ace glaring at me. If he were his old self I would have glared back, but looking at him now, chubby cheeks and all while glaring I just can't help but think. Awe.

"Stop laughing at me. I am a PWINCE!" He pouted and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Yeah, sure you are, your highness. Now would you please go and sit somewhere and behave?"

"NO. Not until you help turn us back." Hm.....and turn him back into a jerk? Ha! Not a chance. At least not yet. I want to enjoy seeing them as kids because.....well cuteness is enough of a reason.

"I'll give you a cookie." I bribed. And just like any kid I saw his mouth quiver and shake.

"F-Fine." He says and goes to another vacant chair to sit.

I breathed out a sigh of relief thinking the worst is over, but I was wrong. Sitting on the floor near my bed is Nate crying.

Oh boy.

I got up from my chair and rushed to Nate's side. "Hey, what's wrong?" I asked.

Baby Nate points at the twins. "They won't give me my pillow! T-They w-won't even l-l-let me sit on the b-bed!" He hiccuped as he cried.

"There there." I patted baby Nates back to comfort him when he suddenly hugs me as he cries. I looked at the twins, both looking guilty as they sat on my bed. "Why don't you let Nate on the bed?" I asked sternly.

"H-He's a vampire. A-And he was being mean to my brother." Ren muttered while playing with his finger.

"Even so. Nate is your friend so be nice to him. How would you feel if I do the same to you what you did to Nate?"

At this Ren snapped and looked at me. "Y-You'll hate me?" Ren's mouth started to shake and his eyes squinted and filled with tears. Uh oh...

Before I could stop him, Ren started crying too. "R-Ren? Hey, stop. I won't hate you. Shhhh." Carrying Nate with me I moved to Ren to comfort him.

"Y-You made my brother cry. Y-You hate him....after all, I did to make you two happy!!" Dan starts spouting nonsense and joins the two as he cries.

Great now I have three crying kids! Now I want to cry too. Even Custard, as he tries desperately to block their cries by covering his ears.

As I was sitting on the bed trying to calm the three kids I felt someone pulling my skirt. I looked down to see Fred about to cry. "Fred? What's wrong?"

"I-I hate crying." He whimpers as tears roll off of his cheeks. Someone help me. I have four crying kids!

I looked at the stop where I last saw Ace to find him sleeping despite all the sound. Well, at least the little devil is sleeping and not crying.

"Tell my brother you love him!"

"Don't hate me!"

"Give me my pillow."

"Stop crying everyone..."

I was starting to get a headache with all of this. "Guys please calm down or I'll be the one to cry!" Of course, it was half a joke, but as soon as I said it everyone stopped crying. Wow.

"Don't cry, Rose. Don't cry."

"My brother and I will be sad."

"I would give you my pillow. Just don't cry."

"I hate crying. Especially if it's Rose."

Well, this is awkward yet so sweet! Even as kids they still care. This is so very touching that I couldn't help but smile. "Awe. Thanks."

We suddenly heard a crash as we saw the flower vase beside Ace fell. He first looked at the fallen vase before looking at me - no guilt in his eyes for breaking the vase- before going back to sleep.

Well.

*~*~*~*

The clothes arrive and I have no plan on dressing them. Especially the bottom part. They may be kids but they really aren't - if that makes any sense. So what I did was hand them their clothing and left to change. Fred, Nate, and Ace seemed to be doing fine dressing on their own whereas the twins used them to slap each other's butts.

"Hey, quit playing you two, and get dressed," I said.

"Aw....you are no fun." Ren pouted.

"We are going on a little adventure after," I said in a sing-song voice. By adventure, I meant looking for the queen.

The twins shared a look of excitement and hurried to the bathroom to change. I looked at Custard. "Please watch them and make sure they don't slip and die," I said. Custard whines a bit but followed after the twins.

"Turn us back." I look down to see baby Ace glaring up at me once again. So cute~

For good measure, I decided to tease him. "I.Don't. Wanna." And made farting noises with my tongue.

This irritated him and he looks quite amusing when he bares his teeth at me. "I'm a PWINCE! Do as you are told."

"Nope. Not when you can't properly say PRINCE. Pfft!"I laugh at my own joke.

"Urgh!" Baby Ace suddenly charged at me and I laughed as I placed a hand on his head stopping his advance while he threw punches in the air trying to reach me. "When I turn back-"

I laugh again. "I could do this all day. Ow!" BABY Ace stepped on my foot. The little devil! I glared at BABY Ace. "That wasn't very nice," I told him.

In response, he stuck his tongue out at me. The nerve!

The door to my bathroom opened and Ren and Dan came out along with Custard. Both were now properly dressed, but their hair was in a mess. "Aw. Look at you two." I cooed and forgot about BABY Ace as I walked towards the two to fix their hair. Dan was pretty cooperative and kept grinning as I comb his hair with my fingers. Ren on the other hand doesn't want me to touch his hair, but in the end, I was able to fix it.

"Alright then. We shall now go on an adventure to find the queen. Who's with me?" All responded positively except for Fred who was staring at the door.

"Fred? What's wrong?" I ask.

Fred pointed at the open door and said, "PWINCE Ace just left the room."

I looked at the opened door and my jaw dropped. How did that little twerp open it?! "Fred, why didn't you say something?"

"You were busy taking care of the twins and I thought that if I disturb you while you were busy that you would get angry and think of me as a nuisance. Am I-are you upset with me?" He sounded a little picked at this point and it makes me wonder if this is actually Fred when he was a baby.

Come to think of it. The princes aren't acting themselves lately. They act more like kids than adults. Nate would not cry that easily, Ren and Dan aren't that childish, Fred isn't this quiet, and PRINCE Ace would not get so worked up over me messing with him(trust me we fight all the time). Perhaps the effect of that strange liquid not only turned them into babies from the outside but from the inside?

No, wait. Thinking about it the first minute they turned into babies they were more like themselves. But after a few hours, they started acting like....like babies! Maybe the longer they are in this state the more likely they are to act how they were when they were kids.

"Ren? Dan? Do you guys know the proper way to introduce yourself to one with a higher title?"

"Yep," Dan responded.

"You put two fingers up your nose and make farting sounds with your lips." Said Ren.

"Then you run as fast as you can so you would not get scolded." Finished Dan.

Okay not bad.

"Nate? Do you know what fork to use on a salad?"

"Um...the big spoon?"

"That's for serving. But close." I shrugged and looked at Fred. "Fred, do you know how to waltz?"

"Mom says I have two left feet so I can't right now until she hires Mckenly. He's a famous dance instructor."

Well, that is good.

"WHO AM I KIDDING! YOU GUYS ARE REALLY TURNING INTO BRATS THE LONGER YOU SAY HERE!" I screamed in frustration. "Argh! We have to find BRATTY Ace. ASAP!!"

At the mention of this Ren's eyes sparkled in mischief. "I declare a race!" he said and Dan immediately supported his brother's idiocy. "Whoever finds Ace first wins!!" Then the twins bolted out of the door.

"Hey wait up!" Nate followed and so did Fred - not wanting to be left alone.

"Wait! Don't you guys dare." I screamed and almost thought of throwing my slippers at their heads to knock back some sense in them, but then again they are kids and that is just too cruel. "After them, Custard!" We ran out of my room only to find out that the idiots split into two teams with Ren and Dan going one way and Nate and Fred on the other.

Now I was torn about which way I should go.

"Go where Fred goes. Yes!" I decided and did a mini fist bump. Beside me, Custard snorted and gave me a pointed look. He doesn't agree with me. "What? You are more worried about the twins since they are too retarded compared to Fred and Nate -" I paused as I pondered over my words. "Oh, right." I sighed. "Come on, Custard." Against my will, we headed off to where the twins ran.

***

Finding the twins was a piece of cake thanks to Custard. He was able to sniff them out in the Garden where Dan seems to be picking flowers while Ren was just standing there talking to his brother. "Brother, don't pick on the flowers. They'll wither and die."

"Some sacrifices are to be made, brother. You are giving this to Princess Rose." said Dan.

"Why me?" Ren whined.

"Ah-ha! Caught you, you little buggers. One more stunt like that and I'll take your wolf nose away." At the mention of me taking their noses, their hands flew to cover them.

"As if you can!" Dan challenges me.

"Yeah. Noses are permanent!"

"Well, then I'll use magic!"

"You can't use magic!" They both shouted at me.

"Okay then." I bend over them. Got a hold of their noses and made a popping sound and pretended to have them in my hands.

"Got your wolf noses!" I wave my empty hands in the air.

"Our noses! Give us back our noses!" Ren cried while Dan seemed to be on the verge of choking.

"If you will come with me I'll return them."

"Never! You can't boss us!" Dan said, seeming to recover from choking.

"I'll throw your noses," I said in a deadpan voice.

"Like we care!" Said the twins.

Stubborn little brats. "Alright then." Turning away from them I threw their invisible noses. Just then the twins ran past me screaming and crying as they tried to find their missing noses.

"My nose! My wolf nose!" Ren cried digging through dirt.

"Wah! I am no longer beautiful." Dan well....he is just sulking in the garden and letting his brother do the job.

Honestly? Instead of feeling sorry for them, I started laughing. Such gullible kids! Now I really don't want them to change back now.

Custard nipped at my leg making my attention turn to him. "What?" I ask. Custard was giving me a look of disapproval as I laughed at the twins. I sighed. "Oh alright. Fine." I grumbled.

"Yo snot faces. Come back here and I'll give you your noses back." I yelled and when they didn't come I added, "if you won't I'll feed them to Custard." At this, the twins scrambled to their feet and raced back to me eagerly. Both were still clutching their noses and eyes wet from crying. "Now listen here. I will return them if and only if you guys will follow me and not cause any more trouble. If you do, I will curse your noses and turn them into pig noses. Are we clear?" Both nodded.

"Good. Here you go." I leaned forward and made a popping sound as I placed their noses back. "Alright then. Let's go and look for Fred and Nate. Umm Custard? Can you transform into Beast wolf? To....you know. Carry these two knuckleheads on your back?"

Custard's reply was a short bark and a wag of its tail. I'm guessing that means yes.

"Okay so.....what do I have to do?" I asked and Custard started eyeing my fingers and I immediately remembered how he first transformed after he took a drop of my blood. "So...you need blood?"

Custard bark. Still thinking that is a yes.

"Alright. Here." I said offering my fingers to Custard. Custard then but my fingertips and drew blood. After that, we waited.

And waited.

And....waited.

Nothing is happening to Custard.

"Um? I think you're broken." I pointed out in which Custard glared at me seemingly offended by my comment. "Okay okay. Sheesh. Why are you not transforming?" Custard gave out no reply but just stared at me as if it was all my fault. "Well, you know what, let's mind it later. As of now, we need to find the others."

Fred and Nate were not really hard to find. Really. Just listen to the girls scream and you can see Nate crawling under their skirts while Fred was standing in a corner telling Nate to stop.

"She's wearing blue! Hers is white! Hers is....oops she's wearing an invisible one." Nate all but announced the colors of their underwear.

As soon as Fred saw us, he seemed really relieved. Same as I until I felt someone getting under my skirt, but before Nate could peek, Ren hit him hard on the head with his baby fist. Baby fist or not it knocked Nate back.

"Can't say he doesn't deserve it." I mumbled as I picked Nate up from the floor. He was crying and glaring at Ren at the same time.

"I'll get y-y-you b-b-back for that, m-m-mutt!" Nate said, teary eyes as he glared.

"Language." I flicked Nate's forehead.

"Wow! Rose. That hurts." He said.

"There there no one cares so let's now go find PWINCE ACE."

"O-Okay. Can you carry me? My head hurts from where Ren hit it." Looking at Nate I kind of pity him because it did look like it hurt Nate. Vampire or not he is a kid right now.

"Well okay. Get some rest and - GAHHH!!" I screamed when I felt where baby Nate's hands were. "YOU ARE WALKING YOU HEAR ME?! WALKING YOU BOOB GRABBING PERVERTED CHILD! WHERE IS YOUR INNOCENCE?!"

And so, now that I have found the four kids we were now set on finding PWINCE ACE. At first, I asked Custard to track him down and it led us in front of the library where Custard seemed to be pacing for a long time. To which I am guessing is a sign that Ace was here wanting to get into the library but can't because he was banned from it.

After a long period of time Custard finally moved and went straight to the third floor where we went left and right at the next turn. After that, we stopped and turned left to the door leading to the queen's office.

"You guys don't think the queen has seen him....have you guys?" I looked at the kids and they all shook their heads no. "I think we should knock first. Should we knock?" I asked them again and they all nodded.

"Alright then." I sucked in a breath and prepared myself to knock. But before I could, the door to the queen's study suddenly opened revealing the queen herself. At her side is PWINCE ACE dangling in the air like a kitten as the queen held him up by the back of his shirt.

"Is he yours?" The queen asks.

"Your highness please let me go. I am a PWINCE. I should not be treated this way." Said Ace looking lifeless as he turns from left to right in midair.

"W-Well, my queen. I-I don't..." I looked at baby Ace and saw him glaring daggers at me. I glared back. "Well I must say I have never seen such an ugly child in my life! Is he yours, your majesty? Congratulations!"

"No, he is not mine." The queen said plainly as her eyes darted behind me. "But maybe you would like to explain something to me?" She said gesturing to the kids behind me.

"Umm..."

"You did not give birth to them right?"

"Your majesty!" I yelled.

The queen started laughing. "Oh, I'm kidding!" She laughs again. "I think I know what's going on but you have to give me the details. Well anymore details aside from the one PWINCE ACE gave me."

After that, she ushered us inside her office where we began to tell her how we ended up in this mess. Long story short, the queen was able to make a potion that would reverse the effect of the one that caused them to turn into kids. Of course, everyone was eager to turn back to normal that we forgot one teensy little detail.

As soon as the princes drank the potion they immediately grew back to their original size and age. While doing so their clothes ripped and barely holding on to their adult bodies.

Also, barely covering them.

"Eep!" While I still have the decency to cover my eyes, the queen, on the other hand, gasped.

"Oh my." And started giggling.

"Brother, what happened to our pants? Oh, nice abs by the way."

"Thanks, brother. You too, great muscles, but um.....I think we need new pairs of clothes."

"Hey is that Rose over there?" I heard Nate asks.

"Yeah. Why is she crouching over there covering her face? Is she in pain or something?"

"Or something!" I muttered still feeling myself blush as I heard them scuffling around in the room with torn clothes looking like Abercrombie Models.

Just then I noticed a presence in front of me and saw PRINCE - not PWINCE - standing there. Torn pants that now look like girly shorts and ripped T-shirts like a lion tore into it or something. Also, his hair was a complete mess. "What are you doing?" He asks. If that wasn't enough, the rest of the gang came up beside him looking like Tarzan. Nate doesn't even have a shirt on.

"Rose? You look sick. Are you alright?" It was Fred. His shirt now looks like a necklace around his neck.

Me, being sane as any girl out there, manages to let out a laugh. "Boys grow up so fast."

It was Ace who answered as he leaned forward inches away from my face. "I told you, didn't I? When I grow back you are going to regret it?"

Well, that sentence alone brought me back to my senses. "Yeah well.....not today. CUSTARD, ATTACK!" I yelled and threw Custard at his face.

Now with Ace distracted I rushed out of the room and raced back to my own room. I can hear the princes calling my name and could not help but tear up a bit.

Why do they have to grow up so fast? And damn did puberty hit them.